Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-15

to the pillar of martyrdom. 1t does not
take any strength to tie him fast.
HE MAKES NO RESISTANCE.
o Paul! why not strike for your life! You
have q great many friends here. with
that withered hand just launch the thun-
derbolt of the people upon those infa-
nous soldiers. No. Paul WAS not going
TO interfere with his own coronation. lie
vas too glad to go. l see him looking up
IN the face of his eXeCutiOner, and, as the
grim official draws the sword, Paul calm
" ssvs: al 6m now ready to be offered,
and the time OF my departure IS 81 hano."
But ! put nv hand over my eyes, L want
not 10 see that last struggle. One snsfp,
keen stroke, and Paul does 90 to the ban
Duet. snd Paul does dine with the King.
what q transition 1t was. From the
malaria OF Rome TO the finest Climate IN
al the uriverse-the zone of eternal
besutv and health. His ashes were put
in the catacombs Of Rome,
but in one moment the air
Of heaven bathed from his soul the
last acne From sbipWreck, from dun
geon, from the biting pain ol The ELM
WooC rods, from the sharp sword OF the
heaGsmar, he goes into the most orn-
liant assemblage OF heaven, king among
kings, mUltituIes of the sainthooa rush
inc out and stretching forth MAIDS Of
welcome; for do really thlnk that as on
the right hand Of God IS Christ, 50 on Inc
right hand of Christ IS Paul. the second
greet il heaven.
lie CHANGED kings likewise. Before the
hour OF death, and up TO tue last moment,
ne WAS under Nero, the thicknecAed, the
cruel-eyed, the tilthy-lipped; the SOUP
tu~ed features Of that man bringing down
to Us to this very dag the horrible posi-
DiliEe5 of his natuT2-se2ted as ne was
amidst pictured marbles Of Egypt, under
2 roof adorned with mother-o II
dining room which by machinery was
kept wnirling day and night with most
BEwITCuING MAGSIFICENCE;
| his horses standing in stalls Of solid gold,
ana the grounds around MS palace lighted
81 night bv its victims, who had been
daubed with tar and pitch and then set
en- ire TO illumine the darkness. That
was Paul's king But the next moment
he goes into the realm Ct Him whose
reign is love, and whose courts are paved
with love, and whose throne Is
set on pillars Of love, and whose
sceptre is adorned WITH jewels
Cf love, and whose palace
is lighted with love, and whose lifetime
is az eternity of love. When Paul was
leaving so much on this side the pillPr. OF
martyrdom 20 gain SO much on the. is =
side. do you wonder ct the Cheer 9 al
edictory Of the text: "Ihe time my
departure is st hand?"
NOW. whv can net I'll the old people Ct
this CONGREGATION have the same holy gee
as that aged Elan hsd. Charles l, when
he wzs Comuing his head, found gray
hsir, and he sent it to the queen IS 8
great ieke: but old age IS really no joke
at ell, For the lsst forty years you nave
been 6rec6ing thal which ought 10 have
been an cxhilaratiou. \ on say you most
fea- the struggle a. the moment the soul
.rd b0Hv part. But millions have en-
6ursd that moment, and WY not ne es
well? They got through with it and Sc
can we. Besides this, all medical men
agree in Saying that there is probably no
struggle at all 81 the last mCmGut-not SO
much pain Is the prick Of s pin, the
/ seeming Si2Ns Of distress being alto
gether involuntary. But you say: ~. Is
the uncertainty OF the future" Now,
child OF God dc not play the inhdel.
After God has filed the Bible till 1t can
mold 10 more with stories OF the good
| things ahead, better not talk about IN
Ceitainties,
But YOU say: az cannot bear to think
OF parting from friends here" Ii you
ere old, you have more friends in heaven
| than here. Just take the census. Take
some large sheet OF paper and begin to
record the names Of those who have emf
/ crgted to the other shore; the Compan-
/ ions Of your sc3Ocl days, your early
I business associates,
THE FRIENDS OF MIDDLE LIFE
/ and those who more recently went away
I Can it be that they have been gone SO
1 long YOU DO not care any more sbou!
them, and you do rot want their society
/ Oh. no! There have been days when you
have felt that you could not endure II sn-
/ other moment away from their blessed
companionshiD. They have gone. You
saw YOU would not ike to bring t&eI
back 10 this world Of trouble, even II y0t
had the power. It would EjC do TO trust
YOU. God would not give you resurrec
ton power. Before tomorrow morning
you would be rafting at the gates OF inc
cemetery, CRYING TO the departed
'OCLlc DSCh W tuC SAHS'LS F'-ISA>
you slept! come back to the
hall where you used to play come
5sck to the table where you used to SIT"
and there would be Q crest burglary II
heaven. No, no. God viii not tTus
Won with resurrection power; but IL
COMPROMISED the matter, and says "4cl
cau lot bring them where you are, pu
you can 90 where they are" They arr
/ more lovely now than ever. Were the,
beautiful here, they are more beautitu
there.
Beside thet, it Is more healthy there To-
you than here, aged man; better climate
taerc than these not summers and CCh
winters and lGlc springs bette
hearing; better eye-Si9ht; more ionic Il
the sir; more perfume in The bloom
more sweetness IN the song. DO you 10
feel, aged man, sometimes, as thong!
Won would like TO get your arm and zoo
free? DO you not feel IS though yc'
would like to throw ewGy sPect&cle5 an'
canes and clutches? Would you not liz
to feel the spring and elasticity Snd mirt
of an eternal boyhood? When the poin
81 which you start from this world is oil
are, and the point to which you 60 is
ETERNAL JUyENEsCENCE,
aged man, clap your hands ct the antici
patton, and say, in perfect rapture c
soul: "The time Of my departure Is
: hand"
: I remark, again, all those ought TO tet
e this 10Y of the text who have hol
curiosity to know what is beyond thi
5 earthly terminus, and who has not ~